Airplane



O. D. PAYNE Dec. 1, 1936.

AIRPLANE V Filed March 19, 1954 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Dec. 1, 1936. o. D. PAYNE AIRPLANE Filed March 19', 1954' 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented 1, 1936 PATENT OFFICE AIRPLANE Oscar D. Payne, Fort Worth, Tex.

Application March 19, 1934, Serial No. 116,348

1 Claim. (01. 244-35) This invention relates to an airplane, and has particular relation to a novel construction of the wing or plane assembly.

An object of the invention is to provide air craft, of the character described, with a novel type of wings or supporting planes having upper and lower plates, preferably of metal and a nest of intervening tubes secured between said upper and lower plates, all firmly secured together to provides rigid wing construction.

Another object of the invention is to provide in air craft,-a wing construction wherein al1- struts and tie rods, commonly in the present type of wings, will be eliminated.

A further object of the invention is to provide, in air craft, wing constructionhaving tubes, leading fore and aft therethrough, for the passage of air to eliminate the wind resistance ofthe wings to conduce to smoothness of operation of the plane and to increase the speed of the plane and to increase the lifting power of the wings.

Another object of the invention is to provide,

in air craft, a novel type of plane or wing through which the air currents may pass, thus enabling the plane to take 01! more quickly and to land more smoothly due to the passage-of said currents through the tubes of the wings.

With the above and other objects in view, this invention has particular relation to certain novel features of construction, arrangement of parts and use, an example of-which is given in this specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings; wherein:

Figure 1 shows a front elevation of an air craft embodying the invention. Figure 2 shows a cross sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 shows an enlarged fragmentary front elevation. x

Figure 4 shows a plan view, and

Figure 5 shows a cross sectional view taken on the line 5-6 of Figure 4.

In the drawings, the numeral l designates the fuselage having the motor 2 and the propeller l at the front end thereof, all of which may be of any selected construction. The craft has the usual landing gear I. The numerals I, I designate the wings of the craft asa whole. Each 50 wingincludes the upper and lower plates I, I,

saidplatesextendingthe-fulllengthofthewingand being suitably anchored to the ruselag e.

the forward to the rear margins of the wings and are disposed parallel to provide air passagewaysthrough said wings to sistance.

As more clearly shown in Figure 4,,the top plates 8 are somewhat narrower than the bottom plates 1, the rear ends of the tubes thus terminating on the upper rear surface of the corresponding wing. 'I'he tubes 8 may be suitably anchored together and to the plates as by welding to provide a very strong and rigid vwing structure. As the craft is propelled forwardly the air will pass through the tubes 8, thus eliminating the head wind resistance making it possible to take oil in a short space of time. The lifting power decrease the wind reof the wings will be increased for the reason that the lifting area of the bottom plates I will be increased by the lifting area of the tubes 8. thus increasing the vacuum above and in rear of the wings.

The passage of the air currents through the tubes will also conduce to smoothness of operation of the craft which, by reason thereof, will pass more smoothly through cross currents and will 'also land more smoothly, the currents of air passing-,through said tubes having a stabilizing effect while flying and landing.

The drawings and description disclose what is now considered to be a preferred form of the invention by way of illustration only, while the broad principle of the inventionwill be defined by the appended claim.

In an airplane, a wing having an upper plate and a lower plate spaced apart, the upper plate the rear margins of said plates also terminating in said common plane.

' "OSCAR D. PAYNE.' 

